September 2011 AUSA News
September 2011 AUSA News
Joint force key to future, Dempsey testifies
Work ahead for the U.S. military includes completing current conflicts and preparing for an uncertain future, Army Gen. Martin E.
CSM Roberts – ‘larger than life’ NCO – dies
Some people seem larger than life itself and Eddie has always seemed to fit this category.
Retirement proposal is only a proposal, not endorsed by Congress
The Army Business Board’s proposed new retirement plan that calls for phasing out 20-year pensions and gradually replacing them with contributions
Exercise built around testing new technology
Standing attentively inside a tactical operations center (TOC), Sgt.
‘Profession of Arms’ highlights Annual Meeting
"America’s Army: The Strength of the Nation" ™ – the theme of the Association of the United States Army’s 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition – A Pr
8 new authors to introduce books at Annual Meeting
This year, the AUSA Book Program will introduce eight new books and their authors at the Annual Meeting in Washington, Oct. 10-12 in the Walter E.
AUSA resolutions process gearing up
It is late summer in Washington and the perennial problem of authorizing and funding our Army is in full bloom.The regular defense authorization an
Family forums focus on America’s families
AUSA Family Programs is well on its way to finalizing the topics and presenters for the 2011 AUSA Military Family Forums at the Annual Meeting and
House passes $649.2 billion defense spending bill
House approves defense spending bill. After three days of debate, the House passed a $649.2 billion defense spending bill (H.R.
IED hunters stay vigilant in Iraq
As the sun sets on the desert horizon, the highways of southern Iraq empty of civilian traffic.Although the local population begins to go home for
Petry: ‘It was probably going to kill all three of us’
"There was a little bit of a meat skirt, for lack of better words, hanging around the edges. It was oozing.
Soldiers develop prosthetic leg for victims of IEDs, mines
Advances in prosthetics have greatly reduced the debilitating effects of losing a limb for people in the developed world, but in Afghanistan, a cou
Walgreens cuts ties with TRICARE pharmacy contractor
Walgreens to drop out of Express Scripts network. In a move that surprised many, Walgreens, the nation’s largest retail drugstore chain pharmacy, announced that it will cut ties with TRICARE Retail Pharmacy’s contractor, Express Scripts, Inc., by the end of the year.